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A Theory-Based View of IO Marc J. Romanych, IOSPHERE (Spring 2005)

Addressing Commanders' Needs for Information on "Soft" Factors Rand Report Overview: framework for thinking about commanders' critical information needs in countersurgency operations and offers practical ways for commanders to integrate influence activities into planning and assessment.

Adopt and Overcome: The U.S. Military Doctrinal Gap in the COIN Fight Todd A. Anderson (April 2008)

Army IO is PSYOP: Influencing More With Less COL Curtis D. Boyd USA, Military Review (May-June 2007)

ARSTRAT IO Newsletter, Vol 12, No 4 February 2012

ARSTRAT IO Newsletter, Vol 12, No 7 May 2012

ARSTRAT IO Newsletter, Vol. 12, no. 3 December 2011/January 2012

Bullets and Blogs - New Media and the Warfighter Workshop Report

Contesting Info Battlespace John C. Koziol (JFQ 3rd Quarter 2007)

Countering Taliban Information Operations in Afghanistan NDU Press -- PRISM 1, no. 4 -- By Tim Foxley, Researcher in the Armed Conflicts and Conflict Management Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Designating Information Operationsas the Joint Force’s Main Effort - What Do We Really Mean? MAJ Mark Horowicz (USMC), IOSPHERE (Spring 2006)

Developing Joint Information Operations Warriors LTC James A. Pickle (USAF), USAWC Strategy Research Project (AY 2006)

Dominating the Information Environment: Training and Organizing for Effective Information Operations LTC Phillip Rosso, LTC Dale Scherer, MAJ Kevin Lilly, Joint Forces Staff College (8 November 2006)

Eyes on Target: Intelligence Support to an Effects Based Approach Dr. Jim Ellsworth, Joint Forces Quartery, 3rd Quarter 2007

Female Engagement Teams - The Need to Standardize Training and Employment by Lieutenant Colonel Janet R. Holliday, U.S. Army, MILITARY REVIEW, March-April 2012

Fighting for a Narrative: A Campaign Assessment of the US-led Coalition’s Psychological and Information Operations in Afghanistan by Oleg Svet, SMALL WARS JOURNAL, smallwarsjournal.com

Influence as a Measure of Success -- Major Andrew J. Knight, U.S. Army MILITARY REVIEW -- January-February 2011

Information Operations as a Core Competency Christopher J. Lamb, Joint Forces Quarterly Issue 36 (1st Qtr 2005)

Information Operations as a Deterrent to Armed Conflict -- MILITARY REVIEW, May -- June 2010 By Colonel Blane R. Clark, U.S. Army, Retired

Information Operations Primer - AY12 The IO Primer is a resource on IO and related activities for USAWC students, faculty, and staff as well as the larger IO community.

Information Operations: From Good to Great Brigadier General Ralph O. Baker, USA, Military Review (July-August 2011)

Information Strategy The Missing Link By Hans F. Palaoro, Joint Forces Quarterly Issue 59, 4th Quarter 2010

Integrating Intelligence and Information By Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, U.S. Army, and Brigadier General Charles A. Flynn, U.S. Army

Integration of Information Operations in Combat MAJ Christopher Quick, Naval Post Graduate School Thesis (December 2008)

IO Journal -- 2009 - Current Volume A Publication of the Information Operations Institute

IO Journal – August 2010 A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IO Journal – Feb 2010 A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IO Journal - March 2011 A Publication of the Information Operations Institute

IO Journal – May 2010 A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - 2005-2009 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - Dec 2010 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - Dec 2011 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - June 2011 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - Spring 2010 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

IOSPHERE - Winter 2010 - The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations A publication of the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center

Irregular Warfare Information Operations: Understanding the Role of People, Capabilities and Effects LTC Norman E. Emery (Military Review Nov-Dec 2008)

Jihadi Video in the 'War of Ideas' - James P. Farwell Survival 52, no. 6 (December 2010-January 2011): 205-212

Lessons from Aceh Terrorist De-Radicalization Mark Woodward, Ali Amin, Inayah Rohmaniyah May 13, 2010, Report #1001 Consortium for Strategic Communication, Arizona State

Mapping Smart Power in Multi-stakeholder - Bruce Gregory “New Approaches to U.S. Global Outreach” The Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, George Washington University, October 5, 2009

Musings on the Information Element of Power in an Era of Economic Challenge Dennis Murphy, 24 July 2012

Operations Security in an Age of Radical Transparency Dennis M. Murphy (January 2009)

Protecting the Homeland: Defensive Information Operations, Volume II, Part 1 Defense Science Board (March 2001)

Protecting the Homeland: Defensive Information Operations, Volume II, Part 2, Annexes Defense Science Board (June 2001)

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Intelligence Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics December 2004

Rethinking IO: Complex Operations in the Information Age Huba Wass de Cega (Military Review Nov-Dec 2008)

Shifting Fire -- Abridged Version -- Information Effects in Counterinsurgency & Stability Operations Abridged version of the 2006 Workshop Report by the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College and the Advance Network Research Group, University of Cambridge, written by Deirdre Collings and Rafal Rohozinski

Shifting Fire: Information Effects in Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations 2006 Workshop Report by the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College and the Advance Network Research Group, University of Cambridge, written by Deirdre Collings and Rafal Rohozinski

Simulation of Network-Enabled Electronic Warfare Metrics to Assess the Value of Networking in a General Information and Radar Topology You-Quan Chen, NPS Thesis (September 2007)

Strategies for Developing and Practicing Cross-Cultural Expertise in the Military by Louise J. Rasmussen, Ph.D., and Winston R. Sieck, Ph.D.,MILITARY REVIEW, March-April 2012

Talking the Talk: Why Warfighters Don’t Understand Information Operations This article originally appeared in the April, 2009 issue of “IO Journal” and is reprinted here with the permission of the editor.

Technician and Philosopher: Building the Relevance and Intellectual Capital of the Army's Information Warriors James E. Shircliffe, Jr. Military Review 90, no. 6 (November-December 2010): 65-70. - 1st place award winner in the IO Writing Contest

Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace Catherine A. Theohary - Analyst in National Security Policy and Information Operations, John Rollins - Specialist in Terrorism and National Security March 8, 2011 -- CRS Report for Congress

The Decisive Weapon: A Brigade Combat Team's Perspective on Information Operations COL Ralph O. Baker, Military Review (May-June 2006)

The Future of Influence in Warfare JFQ Article by Dennis M. Murphy (Jan 2012). Enemies realize the potency of influence and will increasingly bend information to sway both friendly and hostile publics. To prevail in future conflicts, the Nation must not only be more adroit at telling its own story but also predictive about adversary inclinations and methods of using misinformation.

The Future of Information Operations MAJ Walter E. Richter, Military Review (Jan-Feb 2009)

The Way the Army Fights Today - LTG Robert L. Caslen, Jr. As part of his discussion of Change 1 to Field Manuel 3-0, LTG Caslen says that the change 1 will replace the five Army information tasks with inform and incluence activities (IIA) and cyber/electromagnetic (C/EM) activities.

Think Different: Information-Age Warfare Demands New Approaches to ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] Structures Deptula, David A. Armed Forces Journal 148, no. 4 (November 2010): 20-22, 38-39.

To Kill a Mockingbird: The Deconstruction of Information Operations By Randolph Rosin, August 2009 - Posted With Permission From Small Wars Journal

Unifying Physical and Psychological Impact During Operations Huba Wass de Czega, Military Review (Mar-Apr 2009)

Army Instructor's Guide to Inform and Influence Activities (IIA) This instructor guide provides an overview of key foundational references and the definition of IIA. It covers planning, coordination, execution and assessment of IIA and related capabilities.

FM 3-13 Information Operations: Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (November 2003)

FM 3-36 ELECTRONIC WARFARE IN OPERATIONS (February 2009)

Information Operations: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5 (11 January 2005)

Information Warfare and Information Operations (IW/IO): A Bibliography Naval Postgraduate School (January 2008)

Joint Information Operations Planning Handbook Joint Forces Staff College (2003)

JP 3-13 Information Operations 13 February 2006

Psychological Operations Into the 21st Century: A Critical Assessment United States Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School (June 1997)

Strategic Communication and Information Operations in DoD Memorandum from Secretary of Defense to DoD dated 25 Jan 2011